Holy Helminths! Augustinian friars and their parasites.
A study in Cambridge investigated and compared the worm burden of friars living in a monastery in medieval England with …
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Flaviviruses make you smell like a perfume to attract blood-seeking Aedes mosquitoes, and you might be able to take a cheap, safe drug to stop them
https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=399690&picture=woman-perfume-vintage-art-print Bednets in a pediatric ICU unit. Wikimedia Dengue, Zika, and other flaviviruses transmitted by mosquitoes in the Aedes genera …
A new perspective on nuptial gifts from male mosquitoes
Recent research has uncovered new information about the steroid hormone that male anopheline mosquitoes pass on to females during mating. …
Meet the Winner of the Odile Bain Memorial Prize 2022
Now in its ninth year, the Odile Bain Memorial Prize was awarded by Parasites & Vectors, in collaboration with Boehringer …
Lactation Consultants could be the best investment of many countries to support healthy populations
Lactation Consultants are certified professionals who can provide lactation care to all breastfeeding mothers. Their role could be critical in …
Tourism needs to become sustainable: How data science can help
As pandemic-induced travel restrictions are falling, tourism is recovering faster than expected and so are related emissions. To meet the …
Capturing the wider (anticipated or unanticipated) impacts of complex public health interventions using Ripple Effects Mapping
Traditional impact evaluations tend to measure change in pre-specified outcomes. Let’s say that 10 people attend a cycling training course; …
Increasing tick-borne diseases: Better information and enhanced protection for outdoor workers
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs), caused by parasites, bacteria and viruses, constitute over 17% of all infectious diseases, and are responsible for …
BMC Ecology and Evolution Image Competition 2022: the winning images!
The competition attracted entries from ecologists and evolutionary biologists from around the world eager to use their creativity to highlight …
The PrEDiCaTE study – the first in Kazakhstan on chemotherapy-linked cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients
Doctor holding a red heart © Blue Planet Studio / stock.adobe.com It is known that the prognosis of cancer treatment …